Pakistan Press Foundation has documented at least 157 media-related attacks, including 16 instances of arrests, five instances of detention, and 44 cases of assault this year.
With Pakistan expected to hold general elections in January 2024, the need for an open, restriction-free, and safe environment for the media to work in is crucial. Journalists and media professionals in Pakistan must be able to cover the upcoming elections, including the pre-election period, without the fear of backlash in the form of violence
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According to Ziaur Rahman, a journalist associated with the Voice of America, during the Islamabad sit-in in 2014, he was harassed several times by the political party workers, and it even reached the point of hand-to-hand combat. A few years ago, workers of a religious party also did the same. He was harassed several times due to
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